ChatGPT Go free year: find your renewal date before it turns paid

Takeaway: There is no single end date for the ChatGPT Go free year. Your free year ends on the date shown for your own subscription, and it continues as a paid monthly subscription unless you cancel. Your date is on your phone right now - here is exactly where to look.

If you claimed the free year of ChatGPT Go in India, the clock runs from the day you claimed it, not from any shared national date. The earliest claims reach their one-year end from 4 November 2026, but every account keeps its own date.

Step 1: find out who bills you

ChatGPT Go can be billed three different ways, and the cancellation steps are different for each. So first, identify your billing provider:

• Check ChatGPT: open the app or site, go to Settings, then Subscription - your plan and billing details are shown there.
• Check your receipt: the email or message you received when you claimed the offer names the provider.
• Still unsure? Check both stores: on Android, open the Play Store, tap your profile, then Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions. On iPhone, open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions. If ChatGPT appears in either list, that store bills you.

Step 2: read your date and renewal status there

Whichever provider bills you, that same place shows your trial end date, whether renewal is on, and your next payment amount. OpenAI's own help page says your free trial ends on the date shown for your subscription, and that it continues as a paid monthly subscription unless you cancel. So the date on your screen is the one that matters - not a date you saw in a headline or a forwarded message.

Step 3: understand what happens after

Two things can happen at your end date, and both are conditional:

1. Standard renewal. If you do nothing, the subscription continues as paid. The exact amount is the one shown for your subscription - read the price on your own screen.
2. A continuation offer. Some accounts see an optional offer that applies a displayed monthly price for 3 paid billing periods. After those periods, the subscription renews at Rs 399 per month unless you cancel. OpenAI is explicit that offers are optional, and that receiving the original trial does not guarantee a continuation offer. If you see one, read the price and dates before accepting.

Step 4: if you want out, cancel at least 24 hours before

OpenAI asks you to cancel at least 24 hours before your next billing date - through the same provider where you subscribed:

• Billed by OpenAI directly: cancel in ChatGPT Settings, then Subscription.
• Billed by Google Play: cancel in the Play Store under Payments and subscriptions.
• Billed by Apple: cancel in iPhone Settings under Subscriptions.

One useful detail from OpenAI's help page: if you canceled but still have Go access, your current subscription has not ended yet. So seeing the features still work after canceling is normal until your shown date passes.

One minute now beats a surprise later

Check your date today, and send this to anyone who claimed the free year.

Sources (checked 4 November 2026): - OpenAI Help Center, "ChatGPT Go India trial, renewals and continuation offers": https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001631-chatgpt-go-india-trial-renewals-and-continuation-offers - Business Today, "Your free ChatGPT Go year may end soon" (3 Nov 2026), on the earliest end dates: https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/photo/your-free-chatgpt-go-year-may-end-soon-check-your-date-before-rs399-is-charged-565432-2026-11-03

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